] Wen Jiabao spent Chinese New Year's Eve in a coal mine ] sharing dumplings with miners. Hu Jintao spent the night ] shivering with herders in Inner Mongolia. ] ] There was a dual message: We care, and we're different ] from Jiang Zemin, the departing Chinese leader. ] ] Hu became China's president today, appointed by the ] rubber-stamp legislature. Wen will become premier on ] Sunday in the smoothest transfer of power in Communist ] China's 54-year history. But their crowning glory will be ] overshadowed by China's current president, Jiang, who ] today held onto his post as head of the army, ] guaranteeing him continued influence in Beijing. China has to urbanize about a billion people.. These are the guys that are going to lead that. |